Effort-reward imbalance and incidence of low back and neck injuries in San Francisco transit operators

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 525-533

  Rugulies, R ^a,b   Krause, N ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERGONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LOW BACK INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REWARD; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BACK INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NECK INJURIES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARD; SAN FRANCISCO; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 48949098051     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.035188     Document Type: Article

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